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spilling over the border as hundreds of thousands flee the violence in camps across jordan, lebanon, iraq, and turkey. nick robertson is on the turkish syrian border this morning. good morning. how bad is the refugee crisis becoming? >> reporter: the turkish government say they're struggling to handle it. there are thousands of refugees stuck on the syrian side of the border. the turkish authorities won't allow them across. they already have 80,000 refugees here. they're building three more camps that should be ready in the next few weeks that will house another 30,000 refugees. part of the problem for the turkish authorities, though, is they have almost 20,000 refugees in schools and government buildings. the schools here restart in a couple of weeks. so half that new capacity will be taken up by existing refugee here. the concern is if they open the borders to freely allow syrians across the border, more and more people will flock across. what we're seeing is people driven to the borders when their villages are bombed. the free syrian army are telling us they can sort of create safe are
spilling over the border as hundreds of thousands flee the violence in camps across jordan, lebanon, iraq, and turkey. nick robertson is on the turkish syrian border this morning. good morning. how bad is the refugee crisis becoming? >> reporter: the turkish government say they're struggling to handle it. there are thousands of refugees stuck on the syrian side of the border. the turkish authorities won't allow them across. they already have 80,000 refugees here. they're building three...
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he said that ending the war in iraq was tragic. i think it was the right thing to do and i said i would do it and we did. i said we would take out bin laden and we did. we are bringing our troops home from afghanistan. and i set a time table we will have them out of there by 2014. governor romney doesn't have a time table. i think he is wrong. that is what is at stake in this election. as long as i'm commander in chief we will serve our veterans as well as they served us because nobody who serves us should have to fight for a job or a roof over their heads when they come home. >> the president of the united states at the university of colorado in boulder, colorado to apparently a very supportive crowd talking about ending the war in afghanistan to trying to secure jobs especially for veterans and talking about obama care saying he actually likes the name because yes he does care. our athena jones is traveling with the president there in boulder, colorado. let's talk about that youth vote. we are talking about a rally constituted mo
he said that ending the war in iraq was tragic. i think it was the right thing to do and i said i would do it and we did. i said we would take out bin laden and we did. we are bringing our troops home from afghanistan. and i set a time table we will have them out of there by 2014. governor romney doesn't have a time table. i think he is wrong. that is what is at stake in this election. as long as i'm commander in chief we will serve our veterans as well as they served us because nobody who...
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iraq never had. a civil war in iraq never was never in a war for thirty years like afghanistan was there the post invasion. union has totally changed the landscape the political landscape and the ethnic lines last april of afghanistan. and the lessons learned from iraq is not going to apply to afghanistan people should really get down when there is no relevance whatsoever what afghanistan is going through right now. and of finally is there any chance that you think that a power handover could be delayed and how that would affect anti-american sentiment in the country. death is dead will be too late to be seen dead what one could take effect by dan on the other hand again i'm i'm stressing again dead if the policy of states and nato does not change that puts staff dance themselves in the driver's seat then things are going to be very hard right now america end of the policy makers in the beltway are the ones are making the decision how afghanistan should be around but the fact is that afghans should c
iraq never had. a civil war in iraq never was never in a war for thirty years like afghanistan was there the post invasion. union has totally changed the landscape the political landscape and the ethnic lines last april of afghanistan. and the lessons learned from iraq is not going to apply to afghanistan people should really get down when there is no relevance whatsoever what afghanistan is going through right now. and of finally is there any chance that you think that a power handover could...
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iraq has very troublesome neighbors. a successful iraq has the potential to change the face of the middle east. our engagement should be deep, but it should be political, diplomatic and social and economic. >> belva: how do you think the rise of china will or does have an effect on the health of california? >> the rise of china as an economic power is one of the major stories of the late 20th and 21st century. i was in china in 1988 in beijing. the streets of beijing were a competition between a few horse carts and automobiles and a lot of bicycles. that is not the china of today. it has been an economic miracle. china, it can be an economic miracle which is good for the international economy. we should be able to have the chinese have freer trade to have exports into china. we need robust chinese economic growth to fuel the international economy. but we also need china to play by the rules. that's the hard part. a free and fair relationship with china benefits the american economy. >> belva: china is moving vigorously a
iraq has very troublesome neighbors. a successful iraq has the potential to change the face of the middle east. our engagement should be deep, but it should be political, diplomatic and social and economic. >> belva: how do you think the rise of china will or does have an effect on the health of california? >> the rise of china as an economic power is one of the major stories of the late 20th and 21st century. i was in china in 1988 in beijing. the streets of beijing were a...
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troops home from iraq. while romney didn't talk about americans risking their lives in afghanistan, i think president will talk about that. i don't feel like i'm going into a convention on defense. we're going to play offense. we're going to take it from mitt romney. president obama will go forward. >> i understand that president obama didn't see any of the convention. so his characterization of it being almost in black and white is purely from what other people have told him. if he had seen it he would have seen a president romney in the future looking toward energy independence, job creation. getting the engine of job creation going again. knowing exactly how to do that, thanks to his experience in the private sector. >> in order to make the economic argument president obama is going to be calling out a big gun, this week, wednesday night, bill clinton, here's the pitch he made four years ago. >> middle class and low-income americans are hurting with incomes declining, job losses, poverty and inequality r
troops home from iraq. while romney didn't talk about americans risking their lives in afghanistan, i think president will talk about that. i don't feel like i'm going into a convention on defense. we're going to play offense. we're going to take it from mitt romney. president obama will go forward. >> i understand that president obama didn't see any of the convention. so his characterization of it being almost in black and white is purely from what other people have told him. if he had...
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troops home cofrom iraq. i don't feel like i'm going into a convention on defense. we're going to play offense. we're going to take it from mitt romney. president obama will go guard. >> i understand that president obama didn't see any of the convention. so his characterization of it being almost in black and white is purely from what other people had told him. if he had seen it he would have said president romney in the future looking toward energy independence, job creation. getting the engine of job creation going again. >> in order to make the economic argument president obama is going to be calling out a big gun, wednesday night, here's the pitch he made four years ago. >> middle class and low-income americans are hurting with incomes declining. job losses, poverty and inequality rising. . the job of the next president is to rebuild the american dream. barack obama is the man for this job! >> bill burton, it's no secret that the two presidents haven't had the closest of the relationships, shows how much president obama wants to win, not only calling him into hi
troops home cofrom iraq. i don't feel like i'm going into a convention on defense. we're going to play offense. we're going to take it from mitt romney. president obama will go guard. >> i understand that president obama didn't see any of the convention. so his characterization of it being almost in black and white is purely from what other people had told him. if he had seen it he would have said president romney in the future looking toward energy independence, job creation. getting the...
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he will take credit foernding the wars in iraq and afghanistan. that's a bit disingenuous. george w. bush said that he was going to draw down troops in iraq and also in afghanistan to a certain degree. so, you know, again, a lot of concern open to president obama's porn policy critique, if you will, and main reason why is because when you take a look at it, it really is bush in so many different ways when it comes to afghanistan and iraq, as i mentioned, guantanamo bay. you go on down the list. president obama pretty much has followed president bush's road map, if you will, from a foreign policy standpoint except for israel. >> do you get a sense, ann, about the president's advisers at all trying to lower expectations for his speech this week? >> yeah. look, only said about a week ago, little less than a week ago, he was still writing the speech and -- four years ago they talk ad lot about how he had done draft after draft as the weeks led up to it. i think that -- they are going to try and make subtlety be key this time and let the speech speak for itself. which it certain
he will take credit foernding the wars in iraq and afghanistan. that's a bit disingenuous. george w. bush said that he was going to draw down troops in iraq and also in afghanistan to a certain degree. so, you know, again, a lot of concern open to president obama's porn policy critique, if you will, and main reason why is because when you take a look at it, it really is bush in so many different ways when it comes to afghanistan and iraq, as i mentioned, guantanamo bay. you go on down the list....
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>> today all of our troops are out of iraq. we are bringing them home from afghanistan. and as long as i'm commander in chief, we will serve our veterans as well as they served us, veterans like lucas who got his education thanks to post 9/11 gi bill because nobody who fights for this country should have to fight for a job or an education or a roof over their heads when they come home. that's what's at stake in this election. onn onner -- on issue after issue, iowa, romney and ryan will take us back. it's a story of americans moving forward. and soon you'll get a chance to choose a path that will actually lead to a better future. but over the next two months, the other side will spend more money than we have ever seen on ads that basically tell you the same thing they told you at the convention -- the economy is not doing good and it's obama's fault. they know their economic plan is impossible. go figure that raising taxes on middle-class families to pay for new tax cuts for billionaires and millionaires doesn't go over that well. so that's not what they're going to talk
>> today all of our troops are out of iraq. we are bringing them home from afghanistan. and as long as i'm commander in chief, we will serve our veterans as well as they served us, veterans like lucas who got his education thanks to post 9/11 gi bill because nobody who fights for this country should have to fight for a job or an education or a roof over their heads when they come home. that's what's at stake in this election. onn onner -- on issue after issue, iowa, romney and ryan will...
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[cheers and applause] for while senator mccain was turning his sights to iraq just days after 9/11, i stood up and opposed this war, knowing that it would distract us from the real threats we face. when john mccain said we could just "muddle through" in afghanistan, i argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out osama bin laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights. john mccain likes to say that he'll follow bin laden to the gates of hell - but he won't even go to the cave where he lives. [cheers and applause] and today, as my call for a time frame to remove our troops from iraq has been echoed by the iraqi government and even the bush administration, even after we learned that iraq has a $79 billion surplus while we're wallowing in deficits, john mccain stands alone in his stubborn refusal to end a misguided war. that's not the judgment we need. that won't keep america safe. we need a president who can face the threats of the future, not keep grasping at the idea
[cheers and applause] for while senator mccain was turning his sights to iraq just days after 9/11, i stood up and opposed this war, knowing that it would distract us from the real threats we face. when john mccain said we could just "muddle through" in afghanistan, i argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out osama bin laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our...
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bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his by now he pledged to withdraw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing in what way could they bite him well they could all fall apart. in effect the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george bush faced in his final years was not to lose face i'd like you to expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that ghana standing particular certain to face saving operation for the president how is he handling that. well to the extent that he can develop a consensus in the political class in the united states to get out as soon as possible which seems to be happening not particularly through his own initiatives he will get out but unless that develops he is going to happen is going to have to be a continued presence there of some sort which is going to continue to wreak murder and mayhem and not to achieve any of the official objectives that the united states put forward in entering into that conflict in the first
bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his by now he pledged to withdraw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing in what way could they bite him well they could all fall apart. in effect the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george bush faced in his final years was not to lose face i'd like you to expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that...
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two tours of duty in iraq, in n since last september. we are -- they are fighting for our country and why we are here. on monday, he will be coming home. base, a air force procession will make its along route 2. it's good to remember the guys that sacrificed and gave our country. r >> residents are being to line up along the american flight to honor his passing. >> come out and show respect for they're doing and their sacrifice. the procession is expected to way to route to between 9:00 and 10:00 on monday morning. there will be a funeral service wednesday. fullll be buried with military honors at arlington national cemetery. >> taking a look at stories news across the country video out of oregon goes up in flames. k at the scene this morning in portland as crews this massive fire. firefighters brought in trucks to douse the flames. hotel has been vacant since was used for storage, which is why officials contributed to the spread of the fire. crews expect the building will smoldering for the next couple of days. no one was injured. as mu
two tours of duty in iraq, in n since last september. we are -- they are fighting for our country and why we are here. on monday, he will be coming home. base, a air force procession will make its along route 2. it's good to remember the guys that sacrificed and gave our country. r >> residents are being to line up along the american flight to honor his passing. >> come out and show respect for they're doing and their sacrifice. the procession is expected to way to route to between...
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this which neither side has talked to, is the empty chair of the man or won that didn't come home from iraq. it's the empty chair of a woman working two shifts because she doesn't have flex time. who will provide that for her? it's the empty chair of a grandfather with alzheimer's who's in a home because the family can't manage him. >> i wonder, do democrats have an advantage after hearing from the republicans said, in now being able to shape their own message? >> president obama gets to spend that week trying to fill clint eastwood's empty chair. the reference to foreign policy, almost non-existent. the president has an advantage there. only one of the two candidates is currently the commander in chief. >> as you saw this weekend, the white house releasing the behind-the-scenes images of their micro brewed beer there. a let of political strategists suggesting there's micro targeting going on. >> a beer is not just a beer, david. when it comes to politics, everyone knows that the key voters in this election will be white, working class voters. both sides having trouble relating to them. a c
this which neither side has talked to, is the empty chair of the man or won that didn't come home from iraq. it's the empty chair of a woman working two shifts because she doesn't have flex time. who will provide that for her? it's the empty chair of a grandfather with alzheimer's who's in a home because the family can't manage him. >> i wonder, do democrats have an advantage after hearing from the republicans said, in now being able to shape their own message? >> president obama...
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point, oftentimes, it is loord is immune to the sanks because they have access to resources, we saw in iraq in the days of saddam hussein. but hypotheticalally, with a second president obam term, there are those, especially on the israeli side who believe that that administration, the next administration, if it is headed up by the current commander in chief, would take a harsher line dpeans the israelis to dissuade them from taking out the iran nuclear program. do you agree with that argument? >> i think that's likely. i take it as a piece of evidence, the famous open microphone conversation between president obama and then russian president medvedev. saying, once i'm free, i can return to my natural inclinations. and the hostility of the obama administration's policy toward israel, generally, but particularly on iran, i think would increase in a second obama term. that would leave israel even more alone, as it faces the existential threat of iran potentially with nuclear weapons. >> bill: it was clear where the delegates for the republicans in tampa stood. when he delivered that line, it w
point, oftentimes, it is loord is immune to the sanks because they have access to resources, we saw in iraq in the days of saddam hussein. but hypotheticalally, with a second president obam term, there are those, especially on the israeli side who believe that that administration, the next administration, if it is headed up by the current commander in chief, would take a harsher line dpeans the israelis to dissuade them from taking out the iran nuclear program. do you agree with that argument?...
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president has gotten us out of iraq. s we getting us out of afghanistan. we've got free trade agreements in latin america we have a president that brilliantly dealt with the situation in libya, with the arab spring. we have solid relations with china and russia. we're competitive with both. but we're not going to be like governor romney who says on his first day he's going to start a trade war with china. and our biggest geopolitical foe is russia. just those words as enervating and putting a lot of people nervous. i think what this president has done is restored our prestige abroad. we're leaders but we're collaborating with other nations. nato, europe, we're all tackling this economic crisis internationally together. outreach to the third world, to africa, asia, latin america. the president is not running overseas, but everywhere you go, all around the world-- and i travel a lot-- the international community wants to see this president re-elected. obviously, we've got to do it here. >> schieffer: all right, well, i want to thank all of you. >> thank you,
president has gotten us out of iraq. s we getting us out of afghanistan. we've got free trade agreements in latin america we have a president that brilliantly dealt with the situation in libya, with the arab spring. we have solid relations with china and russia. we're competitive with both. but we're not going to be like governor romney who says on his first day he's going to start a trade war with china. and our biggest geopolitical foe is russia. just those words as enervating and putting a...
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you don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying iraq. you don't protect israel and deter iran just by talking tough in washington. you can't truly stand up for georgia when you've strained our oldest alliances. if john mccain wants to follow george bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that is his choice - but it is not the change we need. we are the party of roosevelt. we are the party of kennedy. so don't tell me that democrats won't defend this country. don't tell me that democrats won't keep us safe. the bush-mccain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of americans -- democrats and republicans - have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. as commander-in-chief, i will never hesitate to defend this nation, but i will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home. i will end this war in iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al qaeda and the taliban in a
you don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying iraq. you don't protect israel and deter iran just by talking tough in washington. you can't truly stand up for georgia when you've strained our oldest alliances. if john mccain wants to follow george bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that is his choice - but it is not the change we need. we are the party of roosevelt. we are the party of kennedy. so don't tell me that democrats won't defend this...
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we can ensure that iraq's neighbors, like syria and iran, don't stand in the way of a democratic iraq. we can help iraq's economy by getting other countries to forgive their enormous debt and participate in the reconstruction. we can do this for the iraqi people. we can do it for our own soldiers. and we will get this done right. a new president will bring the world to our side, and with it a stable iraq, a real chance for freedom and peace in the middle east, including a safe and secure israel. and john and i will bring the world together -- [applause] john and i will bring the world together to face the most dangerous threat we have, the possibility of terrorists getting their hands on a chemical, biological or nuclear with our credibility restored, we can work with other nations to secure stockpiles of the world's most dangerous weapons and safeguard this extraordinarily dangerous material. we can finish the job and secure the loose nukes in russia. we can close the loophole in the nuclear nonproliferation treaty that allows rogue nations access to the tools they need to develop th
we can ensure that iraq's neighbors, like syria and iran, don't stand in the way of a democratic iraq. we can help iraq's economy by getting other countries to forgive their enormous debt and participate in the reconstruction. we can do this for the iraqi people. we can do it for our own soldiers. and we will get this done right. a new president will bring the world to our side, and with it a stable iraq, a real chance for freedom and peace in the middle east, including a safe and secure...
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the regime in yemen go and so now if iraq obama is reelected and november sweeps of this year then he will complete edge i'm on a transition lead regime more than one hundred nations have unanimously supported iran's nuclear program as long as it's used for peaceful purposes after the nonaligned movement wrapped up in tehran it amounts to a resoundingly slap in the face for the u.s. and israel who have been trying to downplay the role of the gathering the latest i.a.e.a. report issued during the summit claimed iran has doubled its nuclear capacity finds telling a new iranian enrichment centrifuges tehran rejected the document saying it was all politically motivated geo political analyst eric draitser thinks the i.a.e.a. has never been an impartial body. the iranians do it partially for self-preservation they also do it for propaganda purposes and to lend themselves clout on the world stage they have the inherent right according to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty that they have the right to have a nuclear program so long as it's for peaceful purposes as is now accepted internationa
the regime in yemen go and so now if iraq obama is reelected and november sweeps of this year then he will complete edge i'm on a transition lead regime more than one hundred nations have unanimously supported iran's nuclear program as long as it's used for peaceful purposes after the nonaligned movement wrapped up in tehran it amounts to a resoundingly slap in the face for the u.s. and israel who have been trying to downplay the role of the gathering the latest i.a.e.a. report issued during...
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war and opposition to the iraq war and a feeling of exhaustion. let's say everyone at this table wins and we have a democratic majority in both houses. what is the agenda? kirsten, when you say to the foekz in your district, i'm going to go to congress and if you put democrats in charge, we will do -- what's the fill in the blank there? >> well, chris, you know, when we're walking and talking with voters in our district what we say is the only way to change washington is to change the people we send there. unfortunately, from arizona, we have been sending a delegation that is more interested in partisan bickering than actually solving problems. i'll tell you, chris, voters are concerned about one thing and one thing only in arizona, jobs. one-third of arizonans are worried they can lose their jobs some time this year. they wake up in the morning and they don't really think about being a democrat or being a republican. they think about whether or not they're going to have their job. whether or not they can pay their mortgage and put their kids thro
war and opposition to the iraq war and a feeling of exhaustion. let's say everyone at this table wins and we have a democratic majority in both houses. what is the agenda? kirsten, when you say to the foekz in your district, i'm going to go to congress and if you put democrats in charge, we will do -- what's the fill in the blank there? >> well, chris, you know, when we're walking and talking with voters in our district what we say is the only way to change washington is to change the...
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harassment of the leaks he said and speaking the truth there wasn't harmful unlike america's actions in iraq and afghanistan some of which is website help expose a sound also talked about a transnational surveillance empire that he says is quickly taking shape across the developed world it was a blow was cited internet giants such as google as being complicit in a mammoth spying operation by the united states or within from the u.k. independence party says this is weak even brings up i strictly relevant. we here in britain suffer even more from the surveillance society in the united states london is the world capital of surveillance everywhere you look there's a c.c.t.v. camera we are constantly monitored monitored twenty four hours a day. now we we in the u.k. independence party try and fight this in the same way that wiki leaks has been trying to do but it's very difficult because you're made out to be against the rule of law or if you don't want to be so very you know every moment of your your waking life but the fact of the matter is that there's been no return sorry but only of the stuf
harassment of the leaks he said and speaking the truth there wasn't harmful unlike america's actions in iraq and afghanistan some of which is website help expose a sound also talked about a transnational surveillance empire that he says is quickly taking shape across the developed world it was a blow was cited internet giants such as google as being complicit in a mammoth spying operation by the united states or within from the u.k. independence party says this is weak even brings up i strictly...
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as a result of publications on the website something that cannot be said about america's actions in iraq and afghanistan which it exposed also lashed out at the u.s. for its overwhelming sabella its practices and what he called a global supply and that was implemented via google base the weekly legal believes is leading to national to tell it turn is in which the public in the west increasingly influenced by press many play shows speaking about his own future a sound has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for over ten months now ted and i take from six months up to a year for him to become a free man and then from the u.k. to independence party told r.t. that a soldier might be right to count on sweden eventually dropping the case against him. i don't see. very quick resolution to this unfortunately for our coffers the. police weren't under enough pressure with all the other police having to do it would be a lympics of everything else at the moment. but i don't see a resolution of your william hague or stop threatening to storm the dorian embassy which i think he was very
as a result of publications on the website something that cannot be said about america's actions in iraq and afghanistan which it exposed also lashed out at the u.s. for its overwhelming sabella its practices and what he called a global supply and that was implemented via google base the weekly legal believes is leading to national to tell it turn is in which the public in the west increasingly influenced by press many play shows speaking about his own future a sound has been holed up in the...